Whip-socket



H. B. PITNBR. Whip-Socket.

No. 225,489. Patented-Mar.16,1880.

NVPEYERSrEHOTOJJTHUGHAPHER, WSHINGTON D.

UNITED STATES HENRY BaPITNER, OF LA PORTE, INDIANA.

PATENT OFFICE.

WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,489, dated March 16, 1880. Application led August 11, 1879.

To all whom 'at may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. PITNER, of the city and' county of La Porte, and State of Indiana, have invented certain- Improvements in Whip-Sockets, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of these improvements and the parts of the whip-socket to which they relate will be understood from the following description and the accompanying drawings.

vFigure 1 is a side view of my improved whipsocket. Fig. 2 is a cross-section, and Fig. 3 a partial vertical section, of the same.

The object of this invention is to so construct the socket that its yielding mouth shall i permit all necessary enlargement for the passage of the whip-butt without endangering or weakening the structure. To this end I hin ge the upper half of one side of the socket to the remainder thereof by a peculiar hinge, and herein, and in connection therewith a device designed to limit the extent of the yield by the hinged section, lies the invention.

In said drawings, A represents the hinged section of the socket, and B the solid and unyielding portion thereof. The part A is the upper halfof one side, and it is hinged and held to the lower part of the same side, which, for convenience, I designate by B', by a dat metal spring, O, which is secured centrally between sides within the part A, and also similarly within the part B', by rivets e or otherwise.

It will be readily seen that with a spring thus formed and secured both to the loose and joint between' the hinged and rigid portions and upon the latter, this collar being placed so close to the part B' that when the mouth of the socket is extended it will bind upon such part and act as a stop to prevent further movement by the part A.

In order to preserve uniformity of appearance, the collar is duplicated upon part B by a ring, b.

D' is one of the ears whereby the parts B and B' are secured together.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A whip-socket consisting of a hinged scction, A, rigid sections B and B', and a spring, C, said spring being the hinge uniting the parts A and B', and said part having a collar, D, acting as a stop, substantially as specified.

HENRY B. PITNER.

Witnesses C. H. WILSON, WM. C. PITNER. 

